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From Day 1...the front office/executive modus operandi was to be a mid tier team that could develop and sell talent while rounding out our roster with bargain bin shit. We were never going to be big spenders or see global high profile talent sign here.If they lose this match, especially not scoring even one goal, I don't see the Whitecaps ever being relevant in Vancouver. May as well move the team.
The club had such an opportunity while the Canucks were shit to really invest and go for an MLS Cup but sat on their hands and got involved in controversies and penny pinching instead. Completely unacceptable. Toronto FC, Seattle and Portland all have MLS Cups and this team is irrelevant comparatively.From Day 1...the front office/executive modus operandi was to be a mid tier team that could develop and sell talent while rounding out our roster with bargain bin shit. We were never going to be big spenders or see global high profile talent sign here.
Things have changed somewhat with the owners spending more but it's honestly too little too late. The league is too big and many franchises have more cash to spend along with having a comparative advantage when it comes to attracting talent.
The cheap bastard owners should have gone all in during that 2011-2017 period. Toronto at least brought one trophy to Canada but all 3 teams are going down the tube now.
LA was the better team over two games but don't know how you can say this Whitecaps team is garbage. They're a decent team with good structure that can't compete with the money that LA can throw around and a league that doesn't invest in refereeing.
That was the worst display of reffing I've seen in a very long time. My entire section was ready to full on murder the ref. Pretty much unanimous agreement on MLS social media that the ref was absolute garbage and determined the outcome of the game.
This'll be on all the footy shows and memes on Monday:
LA was the better team over two games but don't know how you can say this Whitecaps team is garbage. They're a decent team with good structure that can't compete with the money that LA can throw around and a league that doesn't invest in refereeing.
That was the worst display of reffing I've seen in a very long time. My entire section was ready to full on murder the ref. Pretty much unanimous agreement on MLS social media that the ref was absolute garbage and determined the outcome of the game.
This'll be on all the footy shows and memes on Monday:
LA was the better team over two games but don't know how you can say this Whitecaps team is garbage. They're a decent team with good structure that can't compete with the money that LA can throw around and a league that doesn't invest in refereeing.
That was the worst display of reffing I've seen in a very long time. My entire section was ready to full on murder the ref. Pretty much unanimous agreement on MLS social media that the ref was absolute garbage and determined the outcome of the game.
This'll be on all the footy shows and memes on Monday:
LA was the better team over two games but don't know how you can say this Whitecaps team is garbage. They're a decent team with good structure that can't compete with the money that LA can throw around and a league that doesn't invest in refereeing.
That was the worst display of reffing I've seen in a very long time. My entire section was ready to full on murder the ref. Pretty much unanimous agreement on MLS social media that the ref was absolute garbage and determined the outcome of the game.
This'll be on all the footy shows and memes on Monday:
Ref was in lalaland and also missed the blatant offside. After 3-4 minutes of constant booing and a crowd ready to murder him, Sartini getting a red and pantomiming the ref getting blown by the LA team, and a bunch of yellows to complaining Caps players, the assistant ref finally realized the goal itself was offside.Crazy that the collision led to that counter. Just wow. And to top it all off, I think the pass at the end was made to a player who was offside- the goal should not have counted (not that it would have changed things)
Yeah, the essentialist arguments blaming ownership are lazy at this point. As I constantly point out, the Whitecaps are very much "MLS average", and had quite a good season. They just aren't elite because only a few teams are (and they are in the glitzy markets that foreigners have heard of). They've shelled out quite a bit of money -- the problem is they basically have to go after Canadian players (which is how you get a massive contract for Cavallini for example) because the real problem, and the real reason the Whitecaps will always have a ceiling in MLS is that they play in Western Canada on turf. That is it. They are not getting top international stars as long as that is true, no matter how ambitious the ownership is.LA was the better team over two games but don't know how you can say this Whitecaps team is garbage. They're a decent team with good structure that can't compete with the money that LA can throw around and a league that doesn't invest in refereeing.
Yeah, the essentialist arguments blaming ownership are lazy at this point. As I constantly point out, the Whitecaps are very much "MLS average", and had quite a good season. They just aren't elite because only a few teams are (and they are in the glitzy markets that foreigners have heard of). They've shelled out quite a bit of money -- the problem is they basically have to go after Canadian players (which is how you get a massive contract for Cavallini for example) because the real problem, and the real reason the Whitecaps will always have a ceiling in MLS is that they play in Western Canada on turf. That is it. They are not getting top international stars as long as that is true, no matter how ambitious the ownership is.
Honestly, I tried to last through the Caps playoff game last night.....but as soon as LAFC scored on a penalty, it was safe to head over to the NFL Sunday-nighter.
I thought playoff games in any sport were supposed to be intense, and wildly exciting. But last night's game--at least in the first half--was about as lame as you can get. Most of the time the ball was just passed around in the middle of the pitch....I can't recall the Caps generating anything.
I'm afraid that the MLS suffers overall from a lack of skill...It takes skills to generate offense and score inside the box. And for that reason, I just find the MLS....boring....boring...boring.
Ref was in lalaland and also missed the blatant offside. After 3-4 minutes of constant booing and a crowd ready to murder him, Sartini getting a red and pantomiming the ref getting blown by the LA team, and a bunch of yellows to complaining Caps players, the assistant ref finally realized the goal itself was offside.
The problem was it still killed the glorious chance that the ref bodychecked away, killed 3-4 minutes of time that the ref did not return on the clock, and killed all the momentum the Caps had. Absolutely disgraceful display by ref Tim Ford who then also proceeded to mouth off back to fans as they were insulting him when he was leaving. He should never referee a playoff game again.
Well, I wonder what the prop bet for the ref taking out a Whitecaps player to deny a scoring chance was
I have never seen anything like it.
Egregious.